tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145999563610110636.post-61571197799680236692017-12-20T13:25:00.003Z2017-12-20T13:25:23.368ZDisgraced Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law has died aged 86<h3>BERNARD Law the ex-archbishop of Boston who was embroiled in a mass cover-up of child sex abuse within the Catholic Church has died in Rome aged 86, according to reports.</h3><section class="text-description">Bernard Law was the central figure in a public scandal in which he moved priests to new dioceses after they molested children instead of informing the police.<br />Law was once one of the most important leaders in the US church.<br />He influenced Vatican appointments to American dioceses, helped set priorities for the nation’s bishops and was favoured by then Pope John Paul II.<br />The Boston Globe uncovered the scandal in 2002 and its Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation by the Globe’s which was the basis of the movie “Spotlight”.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/894528/Bernard-Law-Boston-archbishop-child-abuse-Spotlight-Catholic-Church-Boston-Globe">https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/894528/Bernard-Law-Boston-archbishop-child-abuse-Spotlight-Catholic-Church-Boston-Globe</a>&nbsp;</section><h3>&nbsp;</h3>Andy Bialeknoreply@blogger.com